Improvement in fastenings for bracelets



a. o. YEISER.

improvement in Fastenings for Bracelets.

N0. 128,447, Patentedlune 25.1872.

Witnesse Inventor.

Aa 4% ZZ .dttorneys.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FORBRACELETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,447, dated June 25,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. YEISER, of Lexington, in the county ofFayette and in the State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in 'Fastenings for Bracelets, Necklaces, &c.; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of fastening.

A and B represent the two parts of a bracelet hinged togetherat a. Atthe end of the part A is attached a spring, 0, which is bent over uponitself, as shown, the upper part forming the catch. In the correspondingend of the part B is an opening large enough to admit thespring C. Whenthe two parts A and B are brought together the end of the spring 0catches in the end of the part B at b. In this part B is a push-piece orknob, D, which, when pressed down, compresses the spring 0, releasingits end, and allowing the two parts of the bracelet to separate.

In all similar fastenings the push-piece or knob has invariably beenfastened to the spring, while in mine it is made separate from andindependent of the spring, the spring being on one and the push-piece onthe other of the two parts to be fastened together.

In the use of this fastening I do not wish to be understood as confiningmyself to bracelets, necklaces, or other similar articles, as the samemay be used for a variety of purposes: for instance, jewelry-boxes,satchels, clocks, cigarboXes, or, in fact, anywhere when it is desiredto fasten two parts together.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The within-described fastening,consisting of the spring 0 and push-piece or knob D, when made separateand attached one to each of the two parts tobe fastened together,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 23d day of March, 1872.

GEORGE O. YEISER. [L. s.]

Witnesses DANL. WAIDE, W. B. COOPER.

